Category: Horror
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The Nun 2 (*) has no hold
That there hasn’t been a really good film since 2017’s Annabelle: Creation should tell Wan to put more creative forces into future efforts or just give up these ghosts.
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Talk To Me (***1/2) You are not broken
The Phillippous demonstrate that they know how to tilt some tropes, while they play right into others.
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The Boogeyman (***) Training wheels horror
There is nothing here that a pre-teen would be damaged by, and it works as the kind of film one might watch for their first horror.
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Evil Dead Rise (****) above the maggots
If one is a fan of creative gore, Evil Dead Rise has it in spades.
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The Pope’s Exorcist (***) shows Crowe still has the ability
If not for Crowe’s performance, this film is considerably unerwhelming.
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Renfield (***1/2) is Familiar Territory
Director Chris McKayScreenplay Ryan Ridley based on characters by Bram StokerStarring Nicholas Hoult, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Adrian Martinez, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Nicolas Cage, Camille Chen Ever since this remarkably funny moment in Vampire’s Kiss, the wait began for when Nic Cage could play Dracula for real. Over 35 years later, we finally get our chance to…
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Scream VI (**1/2) – Gutted, but ok!
If one likes knowing what is coming will look as cool as what they saw before, then this film will not disappoint.
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Knock at the Cabin (***) holds no surprise, aside from Bautista
As it is, his takes are curiousities as much as anything.
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M3GAN (***1/2): Little Miss Terminator
It’s a fun movie for a slumber party, but not much more than that.
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Sick (**) is Williamson quarantined
That it’s Williamson’s name on the script this time out is as disappointing in result as it is exciting in prospect.
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